Quick! Help me modify Pesto 'Shrooms

[RawYogini]

I'm going to a potluck dinner on Sunday and I want to bring some finger food. I like alissa's pesto mushrooms but I find it a bit heavy and I was thinking about using the lite pesto recipe instead for the stuffing.
OR marinating/dehyrating the shrooms and then piping the spinach dip into each one. Do you think either of these ideas will work well? I don't want to waste any ingredients experimenting on something that might not go over well with SAD eaters. Thanks for any input!

[kmik]

I always marinate my mushrooms in Nama Shoyu then fill with Gus's Pesto and then dehydrate for a few hours. All the SAD eaters I know that I've fed them to LOVE them! The only thing I do a little different is use about 1/2 spinach and 1/2 basil instead of all basil.

Trust me, these are my old standby for bringing to SAD gatherings... and they're always one of the first things to go!

Good luck!

[Sasha1200]

hello kmik,
is gus's pesto in allisa's book?

[kmik]

yes it is :)

[RawYogini]

Do you marinate the mushrooms in just nama shoyu? no oil?

Gus' pesto is the same pesto used in the "Pesto Stuffed Mushroom" recipe. I find it too heavy. Have you ever tried another filling?

[kmik]

yup, that's all it takes, at least for 10 minutes... doesn't need long :) If you have something to keep them warm in, that would be perfect, if not, don't worry, they'll still go!